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2x NYT Bestselling Author; "You Will Own Nothing" Out Now; Recovering i-banker; Advocate for Big Hair + Small Biz; Biz Consigliere; Play Myself on TV

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Carol Roth
10 months
I am so grateful and excited to announce that You Will Own Nothing has made multiple New York Times bestsellers lists, including hardcover non-fiction! Thank you so much to all who have supported and I hope you will keep spreading the word and expand the movement! xoxo
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Carol Roth
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“I’m going to leave Twitter if Elon Musk takes over” is the new “I’m going to move to Canada if Trump wins”.
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A live look at the economy…
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He’s almost old enough to be president…
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Texas grandfather, 105, to watch his 13th total solar eclipse
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Carol Roth
3 years
“Unrealized capital gains” is not a thing; do not normalize it. Call it out for what they are proposing: unlawful seizure of personal property.
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Carol Roth
2 years
Joe Rogan - is too successful - is too close to uncovering truths - has a big platform whose narrative can’t be controlled, particularly during elections This threatens too many powerful people.
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3 years
Just to be clear, this is “essential”, but small businesses and their employees throughout NYC are not...
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Carol Roth
3 years
The "Lie of the Year" was "15 days to slow the spread"...
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Carol Roth
1 year
Remember when @ElonMusk wanted to bring free speech to Twitter and then S&P removed Tesla from their ESG 500 index, but kept in Exxon? ESG is business social credit. It's a means to control capital, keep business people in line with the narrative, and, ultimately, control you.
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2 years
A live look at your 401k …
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Carol Roth
4 years
I never, ever want to hear again. "Why do you need a gun?" or "Why do you need such a powerful gun/so many guns when you have the police?".
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Carol Roth
4 years
Not to get political, but here is a kangaroo giving instructions on how to scratch his tummy...
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Carol Roth
3 years
The govt is trying to sneak in provisions to the budget that would allow the IRS to track all the activity in any financial account over $600, and you think they really are going after "the rich"? They are going after you.
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Carol Roth
2 years
What percentage of the people who criticize @JoeRogan and his podcast do you think have listened to a full episode of his podcast?
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Carol Roth
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It would be a really good time to be energy independent.
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Carol Roth
4 years
A reminder that Harvard, basically a hedge fund masquerading as a university with north of $40 BILLION in assets in their endowment, received $9 million under the "CARES Act" while small businesses are being told that funds to help them have run out.
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Carol Roth
5 years
People are dragging Michael Kors saying the brand isn’t “premium” enough. If you are really secure, you buy something because you like it, not to impress other people. That’s living a “rich” life.
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Carol Roth
2 years
Weak leadership has real consequences.
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Carol Roth
2 years
So, I guess we aren’t saving 16 cents on our 4th of July BBQs this year?
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Carol Roth
2 years
I heard a major media outlet today refer to @elonmusk as "right wing" today, joining the ranks of others in the "everything and everyone I don't agree with on something is right wing" category. 🤣
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Carol Roth
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You buy a house for $300,000. 20 years later, govt says "Zillow values this house at $1,000,000-pay us tax on your $700,000 unrealized gain". Slow thinkers like you are paving the way for the middle class to have all their wealth stolen; the govt won't stop at "billionaires"
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@caroljsroth It should be allowed. It should be normalized. It’s ok for my own meager unrealized gains to be taxed too. Society exists.
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Carol Roth
3 years
Raise your hand if this occurred to you *18 months ago*…
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Experts say the U.S. will likely have to learn to live with the virus.
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Carol Roth
2 years
Most of you have no idea what’s coming. And it’s not pretty.
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Carol Roth
2 years
Biden isn't trying to hire 87,000 new IRS agents to go after 800 or 900 billionaires. Enjoy your audits.
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Carol Roth
2 years
Legit question-- if the water levels are rising so rapidly, why do the elite, wealthy and well-connected keep buying massive, expensive waterfront properties?
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Carol Roth
2 years
It's clear that Twitter's board isn't interested in their fiduciary duty; it's all about power and control.
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Carol Roth
4 years
I dropped my phone out a 20-story window and it smashed to pieces and stopped working, exposing that it really wasn’t as strong of a phone as I previously thought.
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The Washington Post
4 years
The coronavirus recession is exposing how the economy was not strong as it seemed
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1 year
On what occasion would you wear this? #onwhatoccasion
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Carol Roth
2 years
It’s nice to see Gary Coleman and Mr. Drummond reunited…
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Carol Roth
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@CBSNews Do you feel any shame?
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Carol Roth
2 years
This administration is not making a bunch of mistakes. It’s all intentional and by design.
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Carol Roth
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Why is it that Americans are so uninformed about how much in taxes the wealthiest Americans pay? The reason is that the White House straight up lied about it and the media has been saturated with this lie. Let’s take a look (thread)...
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Carol Roth
2 years
Remember when we were told we were saving 16 cents on our 4th of July BBQ, but now inflation is at the highest level it has been in 40 years? Good times.
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Carol Roth
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The road to hell is paved with more government.
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Carol Roth
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*sent from the private jet
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Elizabeth Warren
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Giant corporations are reporting record profits, and the top 1% just hit a record $44 trillion in wealth. Tax the rich.
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Carol Roth
2 years
It amazes me that the people who have taken the most precautions that they believe work- vaccines, boosters, masks, etc- remain the most fearful.
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Carol Roth
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Gun manufacturers should just change the name of AR-15s to muskets.
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Carol Roth
3 years
Breaking: first images of heaven discovered...
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Carol Roth
3 years
Just to be clear, the economy has not added any jobs, it is only getting back those that were lost due primarily to govt pandemic reaction and policy. Until we get back to and past the post-pandemic baseline, there is no "growth".
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Carol Roth
2 years
Dear companies, Stop getting involved in weird sh*t that has nothing to do with your business. Thanks, Your customers
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Carol Roth
3 years
Imagine the nerve of asking working-class people to pay for the lack of fiscal responsibility for the college-educated and still pretending you are for "the every man".
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Carol Roth
2 years
When someone stops infringing on your rights, they do not deserve thanks or gratitude, they deserve accountability.
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Carol Roth
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If you think it’s bad when the govt takes away your dance app, imagine what it’s like when they take away your small business and livelihood.
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Carol Roth
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A live look at the Fed enacting monetary policy...
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Carol Roth
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Urgent: a quokka eating a leaf...
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Carol Roth
4 years
Breaking coverage from the anti-Thanksgiving rally, now in progress...
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Carol Roth
2 years
We were never all in this together, we still aren't all in this together and we are never going to be all in this together.
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Carol Roth
5 years
People are apparently arguing about how to pronounce "Beto". It is pronounced: "Rob-ert"
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Carol Roth
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Who could have predicted?
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The Washington Times
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Fast food chains find a way around $20 minimum wage: Get rid of the worker
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4 years
Let me get this straight- People are ripping on companies like My Pillow for- checks notes- stepping up to help w critical supplies during a crisis. You really are a bunch of ungrateful d*cks.
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Carol Roth
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The government takes $1.25 from your left pocket, pisses away a dollar, drops a $0.25 in your right pocket and tries to make you believe that they gave you a quarter.
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Carol Roth
3 years
As Gen X is trending, I am obliged to once again remind everyone that Gen X is the best generation.
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Carol Roth
5 months
As a @Penn alum, to Liz Magill and all the others that say calling for the genocide of Jews requires “context”, here’s some clear context: FUCK YOU.
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David/Dovid Bashevkin
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Does calling for the genocide of Jews constitute harassment? The answer might surprise you.
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Carol Roth
2 years
Yellen referred to unrealized capital gains as “income”. She led the charge for a global tax cartel. At the Fed, she oversaw a huge transfer of wealth from Main St to Wall St. She didn’t see inflation coming or even have it on her Bingo card. And she’s Treasury Secretary.
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3 years
Friendly reminder: the government doesn't give a sh*t about you.
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Carol Roth
2 years
If you can cancel debt with no costs or repercussions, then let's just cancel the national debt. F*ck it-- cancel everything.
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Carol Roth
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Every concern they had about Trump came to fruition under Biden.
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Carol Roth
3 years
Govt bailed out banks because they were “too big to fail”. Govt shuttered entrepreneurs and took away their livelihoods because they were too small to matter.
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Carol Roth
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The top qualification for SCOTUS should always be a willingness to uphold the Constitution.
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Carol Roth
3 years
I can’t imagine living through the past 18 months and coming to the conclusion that the solution to *anything* is more government.
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Carol Roth
4 years
I’m just catching up on most of today, but apparently a refugee who came to America and was subsequently elected to Congress and makes six figures a year is arguing that America’s political and economic systems are.... oppressive.
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Carol Roth
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@NYCMayor Why are you commenting across state lines?
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Carol Roth
2 years
The pandemic didn't do that-- government reaction to the pandemic did. Period.
@CNN
CNN
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The coronavirus pandemic has worsened the massive financial gap between rich and poor around the world, a new report has found. As millions fell into poverty, billionaires' wealth soared.
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How it started. How it’s going.
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Carol Roth
1 year
Yes, today is the 10 year anniversary of the muskets tweet! It was before Twitter was what it is today, but at one point about 20% of my following was from this tweet. It perfectly illustrates Twitter's power to spread a message-- so many of you still remember and share it!
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Carol Roth
5 years
Last week: Anyone should be able to play Ariel! This week: ScarJo wants to play someone else? Cancelled!!! You guys are funny.
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Carol Roth
2 years
Hey, can we get an update on this?
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The White House
3 years
Planning a cookout this year? Ketchup on the news. According to the Farm Bureau, the cost of a 4th of July BBQ is down from last year. It’s a fact you must-hear(d). Hot dog, the Biden economic plan is working. And that’s something we can all relish.
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How it started. How it’s going.
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Carol Roth
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"How come the industry I vowed to shut down won't invest billions of dollars to bail me out politically today when I still plan to shut them down?"
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Carol Roth
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These are very good boys and girls, waiting their turns to be fed!
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Carol Roth
2 years
A bunch of people who spent 4+ years telling the last guy to go eff himself now getting their panties in a twist over “Let’s Go Brandon” is utterly emblematic of the fundamental struggle in the US right now and why we can’t have nice things.
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Carol Roth
2 years
We are going after "billionaires" is a trick they use to get you to give up your principles so they can come after you. The govt isn't looking to hire 87,000 new IRS agents because of "billionaires". They aren't going after the wealthy, they are creating barriers for you.
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@POTUS People can’t afford the basic costs of living, but sure, let’s talk about concert tickets.
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Carol Roth
3 years
The top 1% of earners in this country pay more in taxes than the entire bottom 90% combined-- more than a half TRILLION a year. They certainly pay more than their fair share, but it's never enough for those who use envy to divide people in an effort to secure their own power.
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Carol Roth
2 years
15 days to slow the spread was a lie. We are all in this together was a lie. Inflation is transitory was a lie. We want to hire 87,000 IRS agents to go after billionaires is a lie. Build back better costs nothing is a lie. Get it yet?
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Carol Roth
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-There will be no inflation -inflation is transitory -inflation is good for you -inflation only hurts the rich -inflation is consumers’ fault -inflation is greedy biz’s fault -inflation is Putin’s fault -inflation is backward looking! -breadlines are a great way to meet people
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Carol Roth
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The biggest victim of Covid was common sense.
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Carol Roth
2 years
Free speech allows for the user to control what they want to hear instead of a platform making that distinction. He didn’t say you should be deplatformed. Why is this difficult to understand?
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Public Citizen
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FYI: We’re blocked by Elon Musk. So much for being “committed” to free speech.
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Carol Roth
2 years
CDC says the 5 second rule has been extended to just feel free to eat off the damn floor.
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Carol Roth
5 years
Pro-tip: If someone is getting attacked like that, especially an elderly lady, you don't sit and film it, you get her some help. WTF is wrong with everyone?
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Carol Roth
3 years
I will tolerate no slander against Major Biden on my timeline. He’s a very good boy and this is a political hit job.
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CNN
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The two German Shepherds belonging to President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden were returned to the Biden family home in Delaware last week after aggressive behavior at the White House involving Major Biden, two sources with knowledge tell CNN
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Carol Roth
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I’m for student loan forgiveness if the colleges are the ones paying for it. Make colleges and unis accountable for their overpriced degrees that don't provide an appropriate ROI.
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Carol Roth
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It was never about data or science. It was always about politics and control.
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Carol Roth
2 years
If you were to go into your bank account, digitally increase your balance, and then use that new balance to buy things, it would be called fraud. When the Federal Reserve does that, it is called monetary policy.
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Carol Roth
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-There will be no inflation -inflation is transitory -inflation is good for you -inflation is consumers’ fault -inflation is greedy biz’s fault -inflation is Putin’s fault
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The Post Millennial
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Biden: "Make no mistake inflation is largely the fault of Putin."
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Carol Roth
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Fans dressed for a baseball game, 1950s; Senator dressed for work, 2023...
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Carol Roth
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ⓘ This claim is disputed
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President Biden
2 years
If you look at my presidency so far, it’s a jobs presidency and it’s a small business presidency.
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Carol Roth
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Suppressing our energy production and buying oil from tyrants, terrorists and other bad guys is a heck of a “green” strategy.
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Carol Roth
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So, is anyone still looking into the source and circumstances of this virus or has that gone the way of the Vegas shooter?
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Carol Roth
2 years
To the women who need to hear this: Stop putting your incapacitated husbands in important, difficult situations that they are not fit to handle so you can quench your own thirst for power and access.
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Carol Roth
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@juliettekayyem Harvard isn’t sending its best.
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Carol Roth
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Why is it that the same kids who believe they needed safe spaces from “triggering” words and “micro aggressions” won’t get into a safe space from a virus they actually need protection from?
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@Harvard Harvard isn’t a university anymore, it’s a hedge fund with an indoctrination camp attached. Pathetic.
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Carol Roth
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On what occasion do you wear this? #onwhatoccasion
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Carol Roth
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Today is just as stupid as I assumed it would be.
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Carol Roth
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Can someone explain this to me?
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Carol Roth
5 years
Walmart's CEO-who started as a teen unloading trucks-is responsible for 2.2 million employees. If you divided up ALL his pay between employees evenly, it’s less than $11/employee per year-- less than $1/month. His pay isn't affecting theirs. This is envy politics at its worst.
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Ilhan Omar
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Walmart CEO’s salary last year: $23,618,233 A Walmart worker’s median pay last year: $21,952 The issue isn’t that these employees aren’t working hard enough. It’s that our system doesn’t value workers. And it’s a moral outrage.
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Carol Roth
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-There will be no inflation -inflation is transitory -inflation is good for you -inflation only hurts the rich -inflation is consumers’ fault -inflation is greedy biz’s fault -inflation is Putin’s fault -maybe try lentils? -breadlines are a great way to meet your neighbors!
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Carol Roth
2 years
Finish this: Elon Musk, Joe Rogan and Donald Trump walk into a bar… ________________________________
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Carol Roth
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I’m really enjoying the charade of wearing the mask into the restaurant, taking it off once you sit, talking, eating and then putting it back on to walk out the door. Very science-y.
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